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17 juillet 2016

Senate Democrats press regulators to prevent another Trump U.

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other Senate Democrats are calling on federal regulators to step up efforts to protect consumers from educational programs that engage in fraud and deceptive marketing, in light of the ongoing case against Trump University. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Cuban officials eager for partnerships with U.S. institutions

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. More than 130,000 American citizens have traveled to Cuba in the last six months under federal exemption rules designed to increase "purposeful travel" and diplomatic relations between the Caribbean nation and the United States. More...

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17 juillet 2016

House passes series of higher education bills

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The House of Representatives passed a slate of bipartisan higher education bills late Monday aimed at tackling some of the easier policy aspects of the Higher Education Act – the behemoth federal law that's overdue for an update but likely won't get a complete overhaul this year. More...

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17 juillet 2016

After outcry, University of California increases in-state admission offers

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The University of California said it has increased admission offers to California freshmen by more than 15 percent for the fall 2016 semester while also reducing offers to international students at two of its prestigious campuses. The numbers are likely to help defuse a controversy sparked by accusations that the university has rejected Californians in favor of nonresidents. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Wake Tech receives $3.9M federal grant to train workers

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Wake Tech Community College has received a $3.9M federal grant to train workers for jobs in fast-growing industries, including health care and cybersecurity. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Ed undersecretary shares Obama administration's home stretch vision

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. With strong remarks on diversity and inclusion, U.S. Department of Education Undersecretary Ted Mitchell laid out four tenets of the Obama Administration’s approach to revitalizing higher education in its final 200 days in office. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Paying college athletes is not the answer

Submitted by Tim Goral. Student athletes collectively bring great value to a University. The investments by the University to provide them with great facilities, great coaching, great academic support, and a free college education should seem a pretty good deal from their point of view. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Bernie Sanders welcomes Hillary Clinton's new college plan

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Bernie Sanders, who has appeared hesitant to embrace Hillary Clinton even after she became the clear winner of the Democratic presidential primary season, is eagerly welcoming her new plan to make higher education more affordable. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Lessons learned as a community college president

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. I retired in June as President of Ivy Tech in Indiana, the nation’s largest singly accredited community college system. Although I had an advanced degree from the Kelly School of Business when I joined Ivy Tech nine years ago as the new President, my “classroom” as an educator centered in the corporate world as a team leader, having spent my career as the CEO of a large international manufacturing company. More...

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17 juillet 2016

Biden, Obama rewrite the rulebook on college sexual assaults

Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Last month, Vice President Biden penned a searing letter to the victim in a notorious Stanford University rape case. “I am filled with furious anger,” he wrote, “both that this happened to you and that our culture is still so broken.” More...

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